In Defense of Halaa

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We are not a warlike race, <race>. However when war comes to our lands, we do not run away from it.

The Alliance and the Horde wage war in the city of Halaa, to the northwest. We do not know what the blood elves are scheming, but any victory for the Horde would be disastrous. The history between our people and the orcs is one of bloodshed and betrayal.

Go and slay the enemy in Halaa and you will be rewarded in coin, honor and renown.

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Comment by JayRay

This is a daily that is being added in 2.4, to encourage the capturing of world pvp objectives.

Comment by magicalhats15

This gives 209 honor; just checked. Additionally, if you are on a pve server you just need to get one of your friends to sign over to the opposing faction and trade kills until you get 10. If no one else participates in the combat that is 210 additional honor from hks, due to the removing of diminishing returns. Actually, this may end up being one of the more lucrative means of attaining honor, just kill trading.

Comment by serje

Does this give rep for The Mag'har?

Comment by Xegony

Lakoor, the quest giver, is located in Telaar, in the building located near the stablemaster. For the alliance version, ofcouse.

Comment by Suhov

I get +500 Kurenai reputation for compliteying this quest. I did that quest twice and get rep everytime. So, there is a new way to get exalted with Kurenai for bored 70.

Comment by Draenors

In the 3rd post about this quest, parl2001 complains about players trying to abuse the game with things like kill-trading. To some extend, I agree. You don't have to figure out how to exploit the game in the best ways. Sometimes you should just play the game as it is. But if there are people out there who exploits this quest with kill-trading, then I can definitely understand them. And I do believe that it is the devs responsibility when players exploits the game. And to be honest, I think this daily is kinda retarded.

When I first heard about it, I was interested, but ended up thinking "How are you supposed to kill 10 players of the opposite faction?". There usually isn't a lot of PvP action going on in Halaa, and just because there is a new daily it likely won't be changed a lot. Shortly ago, however, I got interested again. First of all, I found that it gave Kurenai rep. This would be a great way to get rep with them without grinding ogres. Secondly, it occurred to me: Maybe you are not supposed to kill enemy players? Maybe it is enough to kill the guards? But no. Only enemy players.

Yesterday, I bombed - almost by myself - all the enemy guards and took control of Halaa with a few other players. That was a big accomplishment. I got Halaa back to the Alliance where it's supposed to be. I am a hero!Did this brave act of world PvP - the exact thing that the devs are likely trying to do with this quest - meant that I completed the quest? No. Because I didn't kill 10 Hordes. I bombed the guards. I got Halaa. But there weren't any Horde players that wanted to play with me. Or well... I got 3 kills. The same Hunter who stood and waited for me at the wyvern post.

I think the quest would be much better if it simply stated "Take control of Halaa." Though the tproblem with this kind of quest - in my view - is that it can be exploited. There would be players who bombed all the guards from the beginning and players who just landed with their netherdrakes to complete their quest 30 seconds before the city changed sides. Nevertheless, I still think that this kind of quest would be better than it is now. Killing 10 enemies are unpredictable. It is not enough that you are in Nagrand and ready for some world PvP. You can attempt to taunt the enemies by taking the wyverns and bombing the guards, but as my victory in Halaa proved, this doesn't mean that you can complete the quest.

I am glad that the devs do something to improve world PvP. And I'm glad that they give another way to rep with Kurenai/Mag'har instead of just grinding ogres. But this quest should be different. "Take control of Halaa" or "Kill 10 guards" would be my best ideas.

Comment by Tiwack

Does this quest count towards the achievement?

Comment by Legomannen

This quest does not count towards loremaster. Not even the first turn in.

Comment by Tectosages

This quest is nuts. How does a lvl 65 zip defeat a level 67 Ice Tank? Huh? Or did Blizzard genius forget to put the correct level on the NPC's?

Comment by therobfather

This quest should be turned into a weekly and give 5x Halaa Battle Token and 5x Halaa Research Token like the raid weekly does.Or something of a similar sort.

Comment by MMorJon

Quest needs to be removed or changed to a PvE daily. No one does Halaa anymore.

Comment by Dractulamede

Previous comments talk about trying to bomb the NPC's, attacking them on the ground, etc.

I killed every guard in this place solo and took control after the longest series of fights I have ever seen in this game. NONE of that counted toward this quest. Apparently, unlike similar quests, you have to kill 10 live players to complete it. That would be impossible on my server. As was previously mentioned, "no one does Halaa anymore." There is no way to que up for Halaa and it not very likely that you would find any enemy faction players there unless they are trying to take control, as I did, or are turning in the Oshu' crystals.

The quest needs to be removed or revamped in some way. As it is now, as far as I can see, it is pretty much a dead quest.

Comment by ShogunSR

How do you beat this damn thing I am a 68 human warrior and thought fairly decent but i have attacked it twice each time a little stronger and have had my butt handed to me each time in the initial fight.

Comment by firegoddess56

there are 4 posts around halaa, how do you capture them?

Comment by dhensal

A. As stated above, I haven't been able to find any PVP's andB: Why are the Guards invincible? I have a level 69 Night Elf Hunter. Neither my pet nor my rifle cause any damage to the Guards? Why is this?

Comment by Spartak459

How do you bomb guards? Where do you pick up your mount, or bombs, or that part of the quest? Driving me nuts, this one...

Comment by shydeallox

Well, until this day, the quest was not modified, so still can't finish this mission. I did kill all the 15 guards and some other NPC, but still don't count as enemy players.